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" ... were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. "
The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to the Hebrides ... - Page 276
by James Boswell - 1831
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pages
...make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No fervants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the profpect of an immediate reward, in proportion as they pleafe. No, Sir i there is nothing which has...
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Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 pages
...which waiters do, who are incited by the profpedl of an immediate reward in proportion as they pleafe. No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which fo much happinefs is produced as by a good tavern or inn *. He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenftone's...
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Gleanings in England, Volume 2

Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 628 pages
...the more noise you make, the more trouble you give ; the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity...immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, Sir; then: is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by...
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The New England Quarterly Magazine, Volume 1

1802 - 314 pages
...make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No ftrvants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the profpect of an immediate reward in proportion as they pleafe. No, Sir ; there is nothing which has...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do,...immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, Sir ; thereis nothing which ha» yet been contrived by man, by which to much happiness is produced as by...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pages
...make, the more tronble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do,...nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so mnch happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn."* He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone'tt...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - 1820 - 384 pages
...make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do,...proportion as they please. No, sir; there is nothing Avhich has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1822 - 480 pages
...the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited hy the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, Sir; there is nothing which...
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The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and ...

Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 pages
...the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters o 3 do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward, in proportion as they please. No, sir...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer for its reformation in some particulars. Sir William Scott informs me, that he heard Johnson say, " ¡«nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good...
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